Editors of the AO Surgery Reference

Quality assurance and standards

The AO Surgery Reference is a high-quality resource that delivers contemporaneous information to a worldwide audience.

Quality assurance is maintained by:

Editorial supervision
Contributions from international authors who are key opinion leaders with recognized clinical experience and an established teaching portfolio
A consensus-building peer-review process
Education taskforce endorsement

Editorial roles

Editors are responsible for:

Development of the service/platform
Nominating executive editors and authors
Supervising content creation and revision
Ensuring consistency of style and content

Dr Michael Baumgaertner (Editor)
Department of Orthopedics
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, USA

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Simon M Lambert, FRCS (Editor)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Princess Grace Hospital
Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at University College London Hospital
London, United Kingdom

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Dr Markku T Nousiainen (Editor)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Holland Centre
Toronto, Canada

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Prof Mamoun Khaled Kremli (General Editor 2024–)
Pediatric Orthopedics
Dallah Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Dr Andrew Howard (Executive Editor)
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada

Prof Dr Luiz Vialle (General Editor)
Department of Orthopedics- Spine Unit
Catholic University
Curitiba, Brazil

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Prof Dr Daniel Buchbinder (General Editor)
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, USA

Prof Dr Amy Kapatkin (General editor)
Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences
University of California
Davis, USA

Prof Dr Matthew J Allen (Executive editor)
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK

Prof Dr Jörg Auer (Executive editor)
Joint surgery (Arthroscopy, Trauma surgery, Deformities correction, Craniomaxillofacial surgery, Reconstructive surgery)
Retired
Lenzburg, Switzerland

Prof Dr Noël Moens (General editor)
Department of Clinical Studies
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada

Prof Dr Frank Verstraete (General editor)
Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences
University of California
Davis, USA

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Dr Aldo Vezzoni
Clinica Veterinaria Vezzoni srl
Cremona, Italy

Dr Fergal Monsell (General Editor Pediatric Trauma 2017–2025)
Bristol Childrens Hospital
Consultant
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Bristol, United Kingdom

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Prof Dr Richard E Buckley (Editor 2015–2021)
Department of Surgery, Section of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada

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Prof Dr Christopher L Colton (Editor Adult Trauma –2013, General Editor Pediatric Trauma 2014–2017)
University of Nottingham
Emeritus Professor & Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon
Cheltenham, United Kingdom